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CNews ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has decided to implement a system for activation of new mobile SIMs after verification of customers antecedents from January 31, 2009.The decision was taken unanimously in a meeting of mobile companies CEOs and the regulatory affairs officials held at PTA headquarter.Chairman PTA while presiding over the meeting said that from January next onwards non-active mobile SIMs will be sold which will be activated only after the verification of consumer data from NADRA, subsequently sale of pre-activated SIMs will be stopped.

CNews ISLAMABAD: The Government has decided that from now on no mobile SIM shall be issued without valid Identity Card and no SIM is to be handed over to any person but will be posted to the address given by the applicant. Any violation of this procedure shall be punishable under the relevant laws. Necessary instructions have been issued to Chairman, PTA in this regard.

CNews ISLAMABAD: PTCL administration has denied the news report that it had offered a conditional withdrawal from its newly-introduced unified pay scales structure in view of the countrywide protest by its employees. Spokesman of PTCL, Ali Qadir Gillani informed the newsmen that no decision regarding the fate of UPS has so far been made and the negotiations with employees’ representatives are underway to settle the issue. While, the employees union has announced that they would continue their protest till the unconditional withdrawal of UPS and fulfillment of their other demands. The employees of the largest telecommunication company of the country continued Thursday their protest against the structure and torture on their colleagues by Police in Islamabad and staged protest demonstrations and rallies throughout the country. PTCL Employees Union office-bearers, strongly criticizing the newly-introduced unified pay scales structure, vowed to continue their protest till the acceptance of...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) has accepted three demands of protesting workers on Thursday. According to sources, latest development is a result of intervention of PPP Co Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PTCL administration has accepted the three demands of the workers. The demands, which have been accepted, are withdrawal of unified pay scale, restoration of workers who were suspended during protest and payment of salaries to protesting workers. Hundreds of workers staged sit-in outside PTCL headquarters since three days and organized protest demonstrations across the country in favour of their demands. PTCL workers continue sit-in outside headquarters CNews ISLAMABAD: The protesting workers of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) continued their sit-in outside PTCL headquarters for third day on Thursday. Security has been tightened outside PTCL headquarters. Co Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari has directed to s...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication (PTCL) wireless rent is being recovered in spite of its termination earlier announced.PTCL had announced abolishing its wireless line rent from September 27, 2007, but this could not be implemented as yet.Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)’s chairman, Shahzada Alam on an effort to get in touch with him refused to talk on the subject. PTCL wireless connections are pre-paid and it is deducted on daily basis at about Rs7.00.